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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Accidents

Accidents, 1918

10 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers

Fatal Motor Accident Cam Overturns. the Driver Killed Another Man Badly Hurt

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 1

A Serious motor car accident happened near Roberts hill, Richmond-road, just after 2 p.m. on Sunday, which resulted in the death of the driver and owner of the car severe…

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The Fatal Motor Accident

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 15 February 1918 · page 2

The adjourned inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of Martin John Schneider, who was killed in a motor car accident on the Richmond-road on sunday…

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Fatal Shooting Accident

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 14 June 1918 · page 2

As briefly stated last week, Stanley Woods, son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Woods, mer with his deatH on King's Birthday sunder sad and tragic circumstances. His…

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Double Fatality

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 19 July 1918 · page 7

Recently we published a lengthy notice of the tragic death of Gunner Percy Robinson, a Hawkesbury lad, who was killed at Scone. We mentioned also that another young man…

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Found Drowned

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 30 August 1918 · page 9

The body of a man named Jabez Hill, who had been living at the Fitzroy Hotel for the past 18 months, was found lying on the sand at low waler mark in South Creek, about…

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Found Drowned

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 September 1918 · page 3

An inquiry was held at the Court House Windsor on the 29th ultimo by Mr. J. B. Jaknston, J.P., District Coroner into the cause of the death of a man name., Jabez…

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Motor Car Accident

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 1 November 1918 · page 5

Urana "Independent" of the 4th instant gives the following account of a motor accident in which several people well-known in the Hawkesbury district had a…

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Mogo Bridge Accident (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 1 November 1918 · page 5

Sir,—My attention was drawn to a report appearing in the "Gazette" of a shire meet ing in winch it was stated my accident on Mogo bridge was due to reckless riding, and…

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Accidentally Drowned

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 8 November 1918 · page 2

The District Coroner, Mr. J. B. Johnston, J.P., held an inquiry at Windsor District Hospital on Monday of last week into the circumstances surrounding the death of Harry…

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Sad Drowning

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 29 November 1918 · page 9

Vincent Thorold Greentree aged 8 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Green tree, of Cattai, met his death by drowning an Cattai Creek, early on Tuesday morning…

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